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PowerPoint: Placeholder

Access and modify layout placeholders on a slide. Placeholders are auto-cloned from the slide layout if not already present.

Path: /slide[N]/placeholder[X] (X = index or type name)

Type names: title, body, subtitle, centertitle, date, footer, slidenum, picture, chart, table, object

Operations

Placeholders support the same set/get properties as shapes. See Shape-Set for property details.

get

officecli get slides.pptx "/slide[1]/placeholder[title]"
officecli get slides.pptx /slide[1]/placeholder[1]

set

officecli set slides.pptx "/slide[1]/placeholder[title]" --prop text="New Title" --prop font=Arial --prop size=36
officecli set slides.pptx "/slide[1]/placeholder[body]" --prop text="Key findings" --prop size=20
officecli set slides.pptx "/slide[1]/placeholder[footer]" --prop text="Confidential"

query

officecli query slides.pptx "placeholder"

Note: If a placeholder does not exist on the slide, it is automatically cloned from the associated slide layout when accessed.

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Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.40